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x Romeo and Juliet   1900 Clément Maurice
Roméo et Juliette was a 1900 French film adaptation of the classic and famous William Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet. This film version was directed by Clément Maurice, starred Emilio Cossira, and is believed to be the earliest film adaptation...
Romeo and Juliet
x Hamlet   1900 Clément Maurice
Hamlet, also known as Le Duel d'Hamlet, is a 1900 French film adaptation of an excerpt from the William Shakespeare play Hamlet. It is believed to have been the earliest film adaptation of the play, and starred actress Sarah Bernhardt in the lead...
Hamlet
x Otello   1906 Mario Caserini
Otello was the 1906 Italian silent film based on the 1887 opera of the same name by Giuseppe Verdi, both being based on the William Shakespeare play Othello. The film was directed by and starred Mario Caserini, playing opposite his wife Maria...
Othello
x Romeo and Juliet   1908 J. Stuart Blackton
The first ever American film version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was a silent film short made in 1908 made by Vitagraph Studios. Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, it was filmed in Central Park in Manhattan, New York. The film starred...
Romeo and Juliet
x Taming of the Shrew   1908 D. W. Griffith   The Taming of the Shrew
x Macbeth   Apr 19, 1908 J. Stuart Blackton
Macbeth is a silent 1908 film directed by James Stuart Blackton based on the William Shakespeare play of the same name. It is the earliest known film version of that play. It was a black and white silent film that had English intertitles.
Macbeth
x The Taming of the Shrew   Nov 10, 1908 D. W. Griffith
The Taming of the Shrew 1908. Based on Shakespeare's play: Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior. The rest of cast listed alphabetically:
The Taming of the Shrew
x A Midsummer Night's Dream   1909 J. Stuart Blackton
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1909 film directed by Charles Kent and starring Walter Ackerman and Charles Chapman. This is the first film version of the classic play by William Shakespeare. The Duke of Athens decrees that Hermia (Rose Tapley) shall...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Charles Foster Kent
Charles Kent
x Macbeth   1909 André Calmettes
Macbeth, is a silent 1909 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play. It was released on December 3, 1909. It is a silent black and white film with French intertitles.
Macbeth
x Macbeth   1909 Mario Caserini
Macbeth is an silent Italian 1909 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the second Macbeth film released that year (released on November 27, 1909), and is the third film version of the play. The film was directed by Mario...
Macbeth
x Macbeth   1911  
Macbeth is a 1911 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It is now considered a lost film, as there are no known copies of it in existence today. It is a silent black and white film with English intertitles and runs for 14 minutes.
Macbeth
x Macbeth   1913 Arthur Bourchier
Macbeth is a 1913 film version of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth, and the fifth film adaptation of that work. It is considered to be a lost film, as no known copies of it exists today. It is a German production and was released on November 17,...
Macbeth
x Macbeth   1915  
Macbeth is a French 1915 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was released on December 31, 1915 in France. It is a silent black and white film with French intertitles.
Macbeth
x Romeo and Juliet   Oct 22, 1916 J. Gordon Edwards
Romeo and Juliet is a 1916 silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be lost.
Romeo and Juliet
x Cleopatra /wikipedia/images/commons_id/1029280 Oct 14, 1917 J. Gordon Edwards
Cleopatra (1917) was directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starred Theda Bara in the title role. Fritz Leiber, Sr. played Julius Caesar and Thurston Hall played Mark Antony. It was one of the most elaborate Hollywood films ever produced up to that time,...
Antony and Cleopatra
x Hamlet Asta Nielsen as Hamlet 1920  
Hamlet is a 1920 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play of the same name starring Danish silent film actor Asta Nielsen. In this interpretation, inspired by Dr. Edward P. Vining's book The Mystery of Hamlet, Hamlet is born female and...
Hamlet
The Mystery of Hamlet
x Macbeth   1922  
Macbeth is a black and white 1922 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the last silent film version of that play produced, and the eighth film adaptation of the play.
Macbeth
x Taming of the Shrew   1929 Sam Taylor   The Taming of the Shrew
x A Midsummer Night's Dream Nmidnight 1935 Oct 30, 1935 William Dieterle
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) is a film directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, produced by Henry Blanke and Hal Wallis, and adapted by Charles Kenyon and Mary C. McCall Jr. from the play by William Shakespeare. Many of the actors in this...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Max Reinhardt
x Tower of London Tower of London Nov 17, 1939 Rowland V. Lee
Tower of London (1939) black-and-white historical film released by Universal Pictures and directed by Rowland V. Lee. It stars Basil Rathbone as the future Richard III of England, and Boris Karloff as his fictitious club-footed executioner Mord....
Richard III
x Henry V /wikipedia/images/en_id/5190094 1944 Laurence Olivier
Henry V is a 1944 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The on-screen title is The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (the title of the 1600 quarto edition of the play)....
Henry V
x A Double Life A Double Life Dec 25, 1947 George Cukor
A Double Life is a 1947 film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays. The movie starred Ronald Colman and Signe Hasso. It was directed by George Cukor and written for the screen by Ruth Gordon...
Othello
x Hamlet Hamlet 1948 Laurence Olivier
Hamlet is a 1948 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, directed by and starring Sir Laurence Olivier. Hamlet was Olivier's second film as director, and also the second of his three Shakespeare films. It is the only one of...
Hamlet
x Yellow Sky 2006 DVD Release 1948 William A. Wellman
Yellow Sky (1948) is an American western film directed by William A. Wellman. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest. A band of outlaws flee after a bank robbery and encounter an old man and his granddaughter in a...
The Tempest
x Macbeth Macbeth Oct 1, 1948 Orson Welles
Macbeth is a 1948 American film adaptation by Orson Welles of William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. In 1947, Orson Welles began promoting the notion of bringing a Shakespeare drama to the motion picture screen. He initially attempted to pique...
Macbeth
x Julius Caesar   1950 David Bradley
Julius Caesar (1950) is a film adaptation of the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar. It was produced and directed by David Bradley using actors from the Chicago area. Charlton Heston, who had known Bradley since his youth, and who was establishing...
Julius Caesar
x The Quiet Man The Quiet Man 1952 John Ford
The Quiet Man is a 1952 American romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen and Barry Fitzgerald. It was based on a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story by Maurice Walsh. The film is notable...
The Taming of the Shrew
x Othello Othello 1952 Orson Welles
Othello is a 1952 drama film based on the Shakespearean play, made by Mercury Productions Inc. and Les Films Marceau and distributed by United Artists (1955). It was directed and produced by Orson Welles, who also played the title role (in blackface...
Othello
x Julius Caesar /wikipedia/images/en_id/6717381 1953 Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Julius Caesar is an 1953 MGM film adaptation of the play by Shakespeare, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the uncredited screenplay, and produced by John Houseman. The original music score is by Miklós Rózsa. The film stars Marlon...
Julius Caesar
x Beneath the 12-Mile Reef beneath_the_twelve_mile_reef.jpg Dec 2, 1953 Robert D. Webb
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Robert D. Webb. The screenplay by A. I. Bezzerides was inspired by Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The film was the third motion picture made in Cinemascope, coming...
Romeo and Juliet
x Romeo and Juliet Romeo-and-Juliet-toy-theatre-cut-outs Sep 1954 Renato Castellani
Romeo and Juliet is a 1954 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same title. It was directed by Renato Castellani and stars Laurence Harvey as Romeo, Susan Shentall as Juliet, Flora Robson as the Nurse, Mervyn Johns as Friar Laurence,...
Romeo and Juliet
x Richard III Richard III Apr 16, 1955 Laurence Olivier
Richard III is a 1955 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical play Richard III, including elements of Henry VI, Part 3. It was directed and produced by Laurence Olivier, who also played the lead role. The cast includes many noted...
Richard III
x Forbidden Planet A film poster for Forbidden Planet showing Robby. See the image for additional remarks concerning this robot 1956 Fred Wilcox
Forbidden Planet is a 1956 science fiction film in CinemaScope and Metrocolor directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen. The characters and setting were inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the...
The Tempest
x Twelfth Night   Mar 3, 1956 A. Abramov
Twelfth Night (Russian: Двенадцатая ночь, transliteration Dvenadtsataya noch) is a 1955 Soviet comedy film by Lenfilm based on Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Script by Yan Frid. USA release date: March 3, 1956.
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Yan Frid
x Macbeth   1960 George Schaefer
Macbeth is an 1960 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play. This, the second Hallmark Hall of Fame series teleplay of Macbeth was, like the 1954 live version, also directed by George Schaefer, and also starred Maurice Evans and Judith...
Macbeth
x The Bad Sleep Well The Bad Sleep Well Sep 19, 1960 Akira Kurosawa
The Bad Sleep Well (悪い奴ほどよく眠る, Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) is a 1960 film directed by the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. It was the first film to be produced under Kurosawa's own independent production company. It was entered into the 11th...
Hamlet
x West Side Story West Side Story 1961 Jerome Robbins
West Side Story is a 1961 American film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. It is an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, which itself was adapted from Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It stars Natalie Wood, Richard...
West Side Story
Robert Wise Romeo and Juliet
x Hamlet Hamlet 1964 Grigori Kozintsev
Hamlet (Russian: Гамлет) is a 1964 film adaptation in Russian of Shakespeare's play of the same title, based on a translation by Boris Pasternak. It was directed by Grigori Kozintsev, and stars Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Prince Hamlet. Grigori...
Hamlet
Iosif Shapiro
x Hamlet at Elsinore   1964 Philip Saville
Hamlet, a.k.a. Hamlet at Elsinore, is a 1964 made-for-television film version of Shakespeare's play. Presented in the UK on the BBC, and in the U.S. on NET in 1965, it won wide acclaim both for its performances and for being filmed entirely at...
Hamlet
x Richard Burton's Hamlet   Sep 23, 1964 John Gielgud
Richard Burton’s Hamlet is a 1964 filmed record of the Broadway production of William Shakespeare's tragedy that played from April 9 through August 8 of that year at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. It is a literal filmed record of the stage production in...
Hamlet
Bill Colleran
x Othello Othello 1965 Stuart Burge
Othello is a 1965 film based on the Shakespeare play Othello; starring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, and Joyce Redman. It was simply a filmed version of a performance by the actors for the National Theatre, staged by John Dexter,...
Othello
x The Taming of the Shrew 270373 1967 Franco Zeffirelli
The Taming of the Shrew is a 1967 feature film based on a play by William Shakespeare about a courtship between two strong-willed people. The film was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as Shakespeare's Kate...
The Taming of the Shrew
x A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Nights Dream (1968 film) 1968 Peter Hall
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1968 rendition of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Peter Hall. It stars Derek Godfrey as Theseus, Barbara Jefford as Hippolyta, Diana Rigg as Helena, Helen Mirren as Hermia, Ian Holm as...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
x Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet Oct 8, 1968 Franco Zeffirelli
Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 cinematic adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. The film was directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and stars Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Costume...
Romeo and Juliet
x Hamlet Hamlet Sep 1969 Tony Richardson
Hamlet is a 1969 British film adaptation of the play of the same title by Shakespeare, starring Nicol Williamson as Prince Hamlet. It was directed by Tony Richardson and based on his own stage production at the The Roundhouse theatre in London. The...
Hamlet
x Julius Caesar Julius Caesar 1970 Stuart Burge
Julius Caesar is a 1970 independent film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, directed by Stuart Burge from a screenplay by Robert Furnival. The film stars Charlton Heston (as Mark Antony) and Jason Robards (as Brutus, along with John Gielgud ...
Julius Caesar
x Macbeth Macbeth Oct 13, 1971 Roman Polański
Macbeth is a 1971 film directed by Roman Polanski, based on William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth, about the Highland lord who becomes King of Scotland through deceit, treachery, and murder. It features Jon Finch as Macbeth and Francesca...
Macbeth
x Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare Tragedies: Romeo and Juliet.jpg 1978 Alvin Rakoff   Romeo and Juliet
x The Tempest   Sep 13, 1979 Derek Jarman
The Tempest is a 1979 fantasy/extravaganza film adaptation of William Shakespeare's eponymous play. Directed by Derek Jarman, with Heathcote Williams as Prospero, it stars Toyah Willcox and Jack Birkett from his previous feature, Jubilee (1977), as...
The Tempest
x Romeo and Juliet Romeo-and-Juliet-toy-theatre-cut-outs 1982 William Woodman
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a 1982 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, starring Alex Hyde-White as Romeo and Blanche Baker as Juliet. Romeo and Juliet's families have been in a feud that causes these two lovers to make...
Romeo and Juliet
x Tempest TempestFilm 1982 Paul Mazursky
Tempest (1982) is an American comedy-drama film directed by Paul Mazursky. It's a very loose adaptation of the William Shakespeare play, The Tempest. The picture stars John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon and Molly Ringwald in her debut...
The Tempest
x Strange Brew Strange Brew 1983 Rick Moranis
The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew is a 1983 film starring the popular SCTV characters Bob & Doug McKenzie, played by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis, who also served as co-directors. Max von Sydow co-stars. Most of the film was shot...
Hamlet
Dave Thomas
x Ran Ran 1985 Akira Kurosawa
Ran (乱, "chaos" or "revolt") is a 1985 film written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. It is a jidaigeki (Japanese period drama) depicting the fall of Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai), an aging Sengoku-era warlord who decides to...
King Lear
x Just One of the Guys Just One of the Guys Apr 26, 1985 Lisa Gottlieb
Just One of the Guys was a 1985 comedy film, directed by Lisa Gottlieb. The film is marketed with the tagline "Terri Griffith is about to go where no woman has gone before." This movie ranked number 48 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the "50 Best...
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
x Otello Otelloposter 1986 Franco Zeffirelli
Otello is a 1986 film based on the Giuseppe Verdi opera of the same name based on the Shakespeare play Othello. The film was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starred Plácido Domingo (in blackface) in the title role, Katia Ricciarelli as Desdemona...
Othello
x Hamlet Goes Business Pirkka-Pekka Petelius as Hamlet in Hamlet Goes Business Aug 21, 1987 Aki Kaurismäki
Hamlet Goes Business (Finnish: Hamlet liikemaailmassa) is a 1987 comedy film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Pirkka-Pekka Petelius.
Hamlet
x China Girl China girl poster Sep 25, 1987 Abel Ferrara
China Girl is a 1987 film directed by independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara, and written by his long time partner Nicholas St. John. China Girl is a modern take on the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet. Set in 1980s Manhattan, the plot revolves around...
Romeo and Juliet
x Romie-0 and Julie-8 Romeo-and-Juliet-toy-theatre-cut-outs Apr 1989 Clive A. Smith
Romie-0 and Julie-8 is the third animated television special made by Nelvana Limited, inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Set in the future, the two romantic leads in this version are androids who fall in love despite a taboo against...
Romeo and Juliet
x Henry V Henry V Nov 8, 1989 Kenneth Branagh
Henry V is a 1989 film directed by Kenneth Branagh based upon the Shakespeare play about the famous English King. Branagh stars in the title role with Derek Jacobi as the Chorus (a narrator). Brian Blessed, Ian Holm, Christian Bale, Paul Scofield,...
Henry V
x Hamlet   1990 Kevin Kline
This is a Great Performances presentation of Joseph Papp's 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production of the play Hamlet.
Hamlet
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